{"id":4042,"date":"2008-09-03T05:01:10","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T10:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=4042"},"modified":"2008-09-08T00:08:15","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T05:08:15","slug":"houston-employment-resources-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/09\/03\/houston-employment-resources-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Employment Resources Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Houston and a host of community partners invite you to<br \/>\nattend <\/p>\n<p>our upcoming Housing and Employment Resources Expo for People with <\/p>\n<p>Disabilities. <\/p>\n<p>This event, on Thursday, September 18, 2008, from 9 AM to 3 PM, at<br \/>\nthe <\/p>\n<p>George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E, will feature<br \/>\nworkshops, <\/p>\n<p>exhibits, resource agencies, employers, supporters from the business <\/p>\n<p>community, and a program including a presentation by Mayor White. <\/p>\n<p>CART captioning and ASL translators will be provided for the<br \/>\nworkshops and <\/p>\n<p>the program. Also, Hearing Systems, Inc. is donating their services<br \/>\nto <\/p>\n<p>provide audio-loops for the workshops, and a limited number of<br \/>\npersonal <\/p>\n<p>assistive listening devices (&#8220;pocket talkers&#8221;) available to be<br \/>\nchecked out <\/p>\n<p>at the ADA\/Information booth. <\/p>\n<p>Visit http:\/\/www.houstonhereexpo.org<br \/>\n or http:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/disabilities<br \/>\n to sign-up <\/p>\n<p>online as a participant, sponsor, exhibitor or volunteer. <\/p>\n<p>Join us in making Houston a city of real opportunity for all members<br \/>\nof our <\/p>\n<p>community! <\/p>\n<p>Teri Wathen <\/p>\n<p>Hearing Loss Resource Specialist <\/p>\n<p>CAAG <\/p>\n<p>1445 North Loop West, Suite 910 <\/p>\n<p>Houston, TX 77008 <\/p>\n<p>713 807 1176 <\/p>\n<p>HLRS6A@dars.state.tx.us <\/p>\n<p>Funded by DARS &#8211; Office For Deaf and <\/p>\n<p>Hard of Hearing Services <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>BETTER IP RELAY &#8211; EVERYWHERE! i711.com makes all your relay calls better.<br \/>\nBetter web calls. 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This event, on Thursday, September 18, 2008, from 9 AM to 3 PM, at the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/09\/03\/houston-employment-resources-expo\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-13c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34979,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/01\/27\/workshops-for-youth-with-disabilities-houston\/","url_meta":{"origin":4042,"position":0},"title":"Workshops for Youth with disABILITIES &#8211; Houston","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"January 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"YOU\u2019RE INVITED! 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